Being retired I watch a lot of TV. Just yesterday it dawned on me after seeing commercial after commercial about Christmas and New Year's Eve, that I haven't seen anything about Thanksgiving. You can bet your bottom that the big and little stores are getting the word out about buying gifts for the mailman, teacher, paper boy, next door neighbor, the guy that mows your lawn and shovels your snow etc and get your child's favorite toy NOW before they are gone. Get your Christmas decorations NOW before they are gone and you won't have the best looking house on the block and make your New Year's Eve reservations now for your end of the year party. With all of the talk about how bad the economy is and how many people are out of work, who is going to have the money to do the things that the media is pushing into your face.
Every day there are books, not sale books, full of toys for the children to look at, circle what they want Santa or mom and dad to get them for Christmas. Things in these books are not cheap.
Where are the toys that were under $10.00 when I was a kid. Now they are anywhere from $25.00 to $500.00 and you know damn well that if a large amount of money is not spent on your little and big kings and queens it was a terrible Christmas.
Ads for diamond rings or necklaces are put on the tv with prices starting at $1300.00.
With all this pressure put upon us you can just see the credit card balances going up and up and up.
Lets get smart and give these merchants a surprise and not spend as much as they are hoping we will.
One more thing. DON'T FORGET THANKSGIVING. Decorate for that holiday too.
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Follow the money, honey. The only enterprises to make out from Thanksgiving are grocery stores, and even then, even overfed Americans can only eat so much.
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